【正文】 y is called Taily Day and tricks on this day involve the bottom (or the tail, in informal speech). Often a sign saying ‘kick me39。To trick the audience.C.D.根據(jù)America and Britain部分中的“Today, Americans and the British play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on 1 , a British short film was shown on April Fools39。故選D。 The theatre in Shakespeare39。t like it.（2）What does the underlined word arenas in Paragraph 4 mean? A.They could drink during the play.s purpose in writing the text? A.t like it and didn39。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和寫作意圖四個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 Dominica covers only 290 square miles, with some of the best diving in the Caribbean, including the UNESCO World Heritage Site of volcanic Morme Trois Pitons National Park. In Dominica, you39。 This Pacific island country 33 coral islands is 313 squaremiles, but it39。D.Views of the Caribbean.根據(jù) Sao Tome and Principe 部分中的“The islands are home to only around 200,000 people today”、 It is rich in biodiverse species.B.B. Tiny Countries You Never knew Existed （3）考查推理判斷。To discuss the pany39。s plays.C.Women had to crossdress male characters.C.C.It was much different than before.B. Theaters were open arenas or playhouses that had room for up to three thousand people. There was almost no scenery because the dialogue was the most important part of the play. Colourful and welldesigned costumes were very important and told the people about the status of a character. Women never performed in plays, 80 young boys played female characters. The performances took place in the afternoon because it was too dark at night.t like it and didn39。故選B。根據(jù)France and Italy部分中的“In France and Italy, if someone plays a trick on you, you are the‘fish of April’.“在法國和意大利，如果有人捉弄你，你就是“四月魚”。Italy.If one is fond of fish.C. Scotland America and Britain 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)第一段中的“After shopping for deals in stores on ‘Black Friday’, or online on ‘Cyber Monday’, Americans and people worldwide are preparing for newly popular ‘Giving Tuesday’可知在黑色星期五或網(wǎng)絡(luò)星期一購物后，美國人和世界各地的人都在為新流行的給予星期二做準(zhǔn)備，給予星期二是一個新流行，說明它最近才出現(xiàn)，應(yīng)該是歷史最短的，故選B。D.To encourage more people to do charitiesCyber Monday（2）What39。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測，句義猜測和主旨大意四個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)最后一段中“It asks people to remember the happy moments in life by taking photos of themusing Kodak film of course!”可知，them指的是前文的“happy moments”。s ‘Always CocaCola’, you can be sure someone wants to sell you a refreshing drink.”介紹了品牌與標(biāo)語之間的關(guān)系，下文舉了幾個例子，故選B。s spirit. It seems to say Coke is the only drink there is。由此可以推斷出，是克利夫蘭的人民把最甜蜜日傳播到其他城市。故選C。s friends and neighbors, he got a small remembrance 60 years ago, a man too often felt forgotten and neglected people loved to be remembered by others on Sweetest Day in Cleveland【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了美國的甜蜜日。Over 60 years ago, a Cleveland man, believing that the city39。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s Animal Kingdom Theme Park.（3）How can visitors arrive at the kingdom of Arendelle? A.s Hollywood Studios.D. and feel as though you39。傳統(tǒng)蔚縣剪紙突出了兩個主題:中國戲曲中的花和人物?？芍旧记蓪τ诩艏堊钪匾?。Chinese Yuxian Papercut【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了中國蔚縣剪紙。s Sad StoryD.Cutting skill.the origins of Chinese papercutsC.s favorite concubines artistic taste and dyeingskills. That explains the following saying: The successful making of aYuxian papercut is 30 percent dependent on the maker39。根據(jù)最后一段中的“We put so much emphasis on diet, nutrition and exercise. Sleep is in the back seat.”可知,人們注重飲食、營養(yǎng)和鍛煉,不很重視睡眠。 （1）考查詞義猜測。B.B. According to a poll (民意調(diào)查) by the National Sleep Foundation, nearly 4 in 5 Americans don39。 But sleeping has an image problem.“We see napping or sleeping as lazy,” says Jennifer Vriend, a clinical psychologist in Ottawa, Canada, and the leading author of the study with children.“We put so much emphasis on diet, nutrition and exercise. Sleep is in the back seat. In fact,”she adds,“no matter how much we work out, no matter how well we eat, we can39。enough sleep is the guarantee of the appealing thingsD.To provide an investigation result of sleeping.C.根據(jù)第三段中的“On the other hand, the thought of being smarter, thinner, healthier and more cheerful has a certain appeal.”可知,充足的睡眠可以使我們更聰明、更苗條、更健康、更快樂等,這些都是有吸引力的事情。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 The traditional Yuxian papercut highlights two themes:flowers and characters in Chinese operas. The papercut is particularly knownfor its vivid description of characters in various traditional Chinese October 2009, the art of Yuxian39。Drawing skill.D.B.根據(jù)第三段中的“The successful making of a Yuxian papercut is 30 percent dependent on the maker39。（4）考查主旨大意。Dining and shopping.Shopping and performance.B.By ship.根據(jù)Item 1: An allNew Lana and Evening Show at Disney39。故選C。Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged, and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.s religious belief or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning. Because for many people remembering takes the form of giftgiving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a practical way.（1）Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph? and more people are now celebrating Sweetest Day in the whole country. Day is a holiday which always falls on the Saturday in October. Day is much more important in big cit